Collection Guide
Brief record only
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Carl Landauer family photograph albums, Kenneth Lewis Cuthbert photographs of zoo animals, and carte-de-visite portraits of
19th century African Americans in California [graphic].
Collection Number:
No online items
Collection Overview
Title:
Carl Landauer family photograph albums, Kenneth Lewis Cuthbert photographs of zoo animals, and carte-de-visite portraits of 19th century African Americans in CaliforniaCreator/Contributor:
Cuthbert, Kenneth Lewis.Creator/Contributor:
Bullock, F. F.Creator/Contributor:
Shew, William J., 1820-1903Creator/Contributor:
Vaughan, H. W. (Hector William)Creator/Contributor:
Batchelder, B. P.Creator/Contributor:
Cramer, C. L. (Charles L.)Creator/Contributor:
Butler, E. P., fl. 1867-1877Creator/Contributor:
Gilbert, George H., fl. 1855-1884Creator/Contributor:
Esterle, A. M.Creator/Contributor:
Higgins, E. R.Creator/Contributor:
Higgins, Thomas J., fl. 1860-1865Creator/Contributor:
Howland, B. F., (Benjamin F.)Creator/Contributor:
Foss, Oscar, fl.1864-ca. 1896Creator/Contributor:
Beals, Henry Sherman.Creator/Contributor:
Holmes, Mary, fl. ca. 1870Creator/Contributor:
I.T. Johnson Gem GalleryCreator/Contributor:
Woods' Art GalleryCreator/Contributor:
Oak Park Tin Type GalleryCreator/Contributor:
Great Flying Photograph GalleryCreator/Contributor:
Perkins & FossCreator/Contributor:
Clark & HeydeCreator/Contributor:
Bradley & RulofsonCreator/Contributor:
Briggs & BaileyAbstract:
Collection of photographic material comprising 3 apparently unrelated groups: 3 family photograph albums depicting the descendants
of Carl Landauer, Professor of Economics at U.C. Berkeley; a collection of 19th century portraits -- primarily in the carte-de-visite
format -- of African-Americans taken by various San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento photographers, many of them from a photograph
album collected by Julia Dean; and photographs of and by Kenneth Lewis Cuthbert, an Oakland- and Berkeley-based African-American
artist who painted zoo animals. Among this material are a few postcards featuring Ansel Adams photographs of Cuthbert's paintings.
Also includes journals and other writings kept by Cuthbert.
Date:
approximately 1865-1985 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLandauer, Carl -- 1891-1983 -- Pictorial works
Cuthbert, Kenneth Lewis -- Pictorial works
African Americans -- California -- Photographs
African Americans -- California -- Portraits
Zoo animals -- California -- Pictorial works
Note:
Photographers represented in the Julia Dean photograph album include F.F. Bullock (Oakland), I.T. Johnson Gem Gallery, Woods'
Art Gallery (Marysville), William Shew, Oak Park Tin Type Gallery, H.W. Vaughan (S.F.), Great Flying Photograph Gallery (Sacramento),
Perkins & Foss (S.F.), B.P. Batchelder's (Stockton), C.L. Cramer's California Gallery (S.F.), E.P. Butler (Santa Cruz), Clark
& Hyde (Omaha, Neb.), Bradley & Rulofson, Briggs & Bailey (Sacramento), George H. Gilbert (Placerville), A.M. Esterle (Sacramento),
E.R. Higgins (Sacramento), Thomas J. Higgins (S.F.), B.F. Howland (S.F.), Oscar Foss (S.F.), Henry Sherman Beals (Sacramento)
and Mary Holmes (Sacramento).
Several Cuthbert albums were disbound for preservation purposes. Labels on folders (e.g. small brown album) denote contents
originally located in these albums.
Title devised by cataloger.
UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library
via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
Container list available, including names and locations of photographers represented in material removed from Julia Dean album
(PIC Box 3).
Type:
graphicPhotograph albums.
Cartes de visite.
Physical Description:
graphic
photoprint
4 boxes (approximately 1000 photographic prints) : b&w and color ; various sizes.
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/unprocessed-collections-form
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library
via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.